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The gifts of the Jews : how a tribe of desert nomads changed the way everyone thinks and feels / Thomas Cahill

By: Cahill, Thomas authorMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Doubleday, 1998Description: xii, 291 pages : map ; 21 cmISBN: 0385482485Subject(s): Judaism History To 70 A.D -- Civilization Jewish influencesLOC classification: BM165 | C25 1998
Contents:
Introduction: The Jews are it - - 1. The temple in the moonlight: the primeval religious experience - - 2. The journey in the dark: the unaccountable innovation - - 3. Egypt: from slavery to freedom - - 4. Sinai: from death to life - - 5. Canaan: from tribe to nation - - 6. Babylon: from many to one- - 7. From then till now: the Jews are still it
Summary: "The Gifts of the Jews is a chart that opens up the route of Western history. It enables us to trace our cultural heritage back to its ultimate source - the religious ideas and sensibilities of ancient Israel"
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Introduction: The Jews are it - - 1. The temple in the moonlight: the primeval religious experience - - 2. The journey in the dark: the unaccountable innovation - - 3. Egypt: from slavery to freedom - - 4. Sinai: from death to life - - 5. Canaan: from tribe to nation - - 6. Babylon: from many to one- - 7. From then till now: the Jews are still it

"The Gifts of the Jews is a chart that opens up the route of Western history. It enables us to trace our cultural heritage back to its ultimate source - the religious ideas and sensibilities of ancient Israel"

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